cobraman Posted November 5, 2012 Thats very cool and well done. Nice work. Maybe some more photos of interior, some close ups would be nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vaughn Posted November 6, 2012 Thats a little different ! I agree with Cobra. A few more pics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soonerolds Posted November 6, 2012 I tried to add more pics, but couldn't do it. For more pics just go to my fb page (Melvin Jones) and check out the pics in the Lindholm Station album. Sorry for the trouble. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTMust Posted November 6, 2012 Nice dio Melvin. But what and where is "Lindholm Station". Is it a model of a real place? More details please..... I don't have a FB account. Tony Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vaughn Posted November 7, 2012 There is about a million Melvin Jones on FB. Need better info. Post pics on photobucket and transfer them over to here. Anyway nice dio and we all would like to see more of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gasser59 Posted November 13, 2012 I agree. The few pics here are just teezing us. Anyway you can post more and fill us in a bit on the background story? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soonerolds Posted November 14, 2012 Tried to post more pics and just can't get it done. But, here goes again. the Lindholm Station is the only gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It still exists in Cloquet, Minn., and was used as a station until a few years ago. It actually was a rebuild of the existing station. Wright orginally wanted the gas hoses to come down out of the roof, and the cars be filled up "like a calf sucking it's mother" (His words). You will note that the roof is copper. Wright used that extensively. He liked the way it turned green when it oxidizes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTMust Posted November 14, 2012 Thanks for the explanantion. As a retired architect, I should have known more about Frank Lloyd Wright's work! Did you get plans from somewhere or just build the model by eye. You did a great jpb! Tony Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soonerolds Posted November 15, 2012 Thanks, Tony. I found the original floor plan in a book about FLW, and used it and the pics. The actual station is 2 bays, but I only had room for one on my board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vaughn Posted November 20, 2012 Alrighty then !! Makes more since now. Nice job for eye ballin it and minimum info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlie8575 Posted November 23, 2012 That explains why it's so unique-looking and stylish. Neat piece of automotive architecture and a nice job on the model. Charlie Larkin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndersE Posted January 4, 2013 Any chans you could post a link or so to your facebook page, I tried to search but after going through a couple of hundred, I gave up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kennb Posted May 3, 2013 The station is still in business and I pass it everyday,,,,,very unique and one I want to tackle sometime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
